Automatic ejecting-penholder.



No. 890,830. PATENTED JUNE-16, 1908.

` R. H. WILSON. AUTOMATIC EJEGTING PENHOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1907.

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Cltfouxmrf/ No. 890,830. PATBNTBD JUNE 16, 1908.

R. H. WILSON. AUTOMATIC BJBGTING PENHOLDER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1907.

-from, when t parent from the following description, and

reference indicate similar arts in the 'sev-` ROBERT II. WILSON(I)F KETCIHKAN, DISTRICT Ul" AllAbhA.

AUTOMATIC EJ'EGTING-PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16,-1908.

Application filed September 16, 1907. Serial No. 393,161.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. WILsoN, l a citizen of the United States, residing at Ketchikan, District of Alaska, have inventj ed certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic ecting-Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to penholders, and more particularly to ejectlng penholders, and has for its object to provide 'a penholder I arranged to receive and hold a nib, but also l arranged to ositively eject the nib therel e parts of the penholder are l' brought into a certain position.

, Another object is to rovide a penholder of this kind, which will he extremely simple and cheap,and which may thus be soldat the sameyprice as the holders of common use.

Other objects and advantages will be apit will be understood thatchanges in the specific structure shown and described ma be made within the scope of the claims wit out de arting from the spirit of theinvention.

n the drawings forming aportion of this specification, and in which like numerals of evational view of eral views, Figure 1 is an e 2 1s a View showthe present penholder, Fig. ing the penholder in the act of ejecting a nib, Fie. 3 1s a longitudinal section of the penholder, Fig. 4 is a transverse section showing the'recessed ,ortion of the hollow core, Fig. 5 is a lon itu inal section showing a Vdiilerent form o ejecting spring partially in per-v spective, Fig, 'isv a second modified form employing a third form of ejecting' spring, the view being taken longitudinally of the penholder and showing' the spring in perspective.

Referring now t6 the drawings, there is shown a. penholder including a handle portion 5, having its forward portion reduced as shown at 6, and fixed within the rearward ortion of a hollow core 7. Adjacent to its orward end, this core 7 has its lother'surface recessed longitudinally as shown at 8, to receive the stem portion 9 of a pen nib 10.

A sleeve 11 is engaged around the core 7, and .is arranged for rotation thereupon. This sleeve 11 -is held -in osition by a ilange 11 at its rearward end, wiieh is engaged .in a space between the rearward end of the core 7 and the shoulder 5 formed by reducing thc forward end of the handle 5 to providethc reduced portion 6. At its' forward end, the

-the place of the recess 8.

sleeve 11 is cut away longitudinally as shown at 12, the shape and size of this cut awa)T portion corres ending with the recess 8 of the core 7. T iis cut away portion 12 is thus of a siz'e for the free passage of the stem portion 9 of apen nib 10 therethrough.

A radial passage 14 is core, communicating at its inner end with the central passage of the core and at its outer passage 14 receives` the outwardly turned extremity 15 of a spring 16 located within the core and arranged to hold its extremity 15 normally projected through the passage 14 and extended beyond the, outer surface of the core 7. This spring 16 is formed of a ieee of resilient wire bent upon itself to orm spaced legs 16 and the connecting bight 17 at the inner end thereof. One of the legs 16 is turned laterally to form the end portion 15.

formed through the I' end with the recess 8 of the core. ThisA vemploying a diiierent arrangement-of the sprmg, and in wh'ich the core 7 is c ut away, as shown at A, this cut-away portlon taklng A spring B 1s engaged within the core, and is formed to lie with one en d portion in the A of the core. This end portion of Bis thus arranged to engage the stem 9 of the pen nib, and it will be understood that the spring holds the pen nib between it and the interior of the sleeve 11 when the latter is turned to bring its solid portion over the cut away portion A oi the core. sleeve is turned to bring its cut-away portion into registration with that of the core, the spring B will cause the pen point to fly out, as will be readily understood. It will ol' course also be understood that the first dcscribed form of the invention is oierated similarly, the sleeve 11 lying normallyr its solid portion over the recess 8 and with the stem 9 of the ien nib contacting the in terior surface of t e sleeve, the stem being held securelylagainst the sleeve by the portion 15 of the spring 16, which presses against the inner face of the stem.

In F ig.'6 of the drawings, there is shown a form of the invention including a strap spring the spring E carrying a pinF movable through the passage" 14 of the core.` This pin F acts in the same manner as the portion 15 ol the spring 16, as will be readily understood.- What is claimed is:

1. In au ejecting penholdcr, the combinaeut away portion l When the with bring itscut away portion'into position'for tion with a core of a s'leeve surrounding'the core and arranged'for rotation thereupon, said sleeve and core being arranged for the engagement of a -pen nib therebetween, said sleeve having a cut-away portion., and means for moving a pen nib outwardly through the cut away portion of the sleeve, when the sleeve is nioved'to bring the cut away portion into a predeterminedposition.

2. In an ejecting enholder, the combination with a core, or) a lsleeve revolubly engaged withv the core, said sleeve having a cut away portion therein, said sleeve and core be-` ing arranged for engagement of a pen nib therebetween, said sleeve being rotatable to passage of the pen nib therethrough, and a spring arranged to move the en nib through the cut away portion of the' s eeve. a

' 3. A penho fixed upon one end of the'handle, s aid handle including portions lying in spaced relation to lthe inner end of the core, a sleeve revolubly engaged with the core, said sleeve having its inner portions turned inwardly and lying 'in the space between the core and the handle, said core and sleeve bein(Jr arranged to receive and hold a pen nib there etween, said sleeve being constructed and arranged to lie atv times in position to permit of disengagement of the ni and at times out of such position, and means for automatically disengaging the nib,

4. Ina penholder of the class described,

der comprising a handle, a core the combination with a handle having a reduced forward ortion, of a core having a passage in whic the reduced forward portion of the handle isxed, said handle lying with its u nrcduced portion in spaced relation A 5. An ejecting penholder comprising a handle,` a hollow core carried bythe handle,

said core having-,an opening therein commu` nicating with the interior thereof, v.a spring formed of a piece of wire bent to` reduce spaced legs and a connectingbig t, said spring being engaged within the core and havingone of its legs bent laterally/at its free extremity toextend outwardly through the opening ofthe core, and' a sleeve movably engaged with'the core and arranged to lie at times in position tovextend over' the outer end of the uspring, to'hold the Ilatter' under tension. i

In testimony whereof I'aihx my signature,

inpresence of two witnesses. A

ROBERT H. WILSON.

Witnesses: l

LoUIs H ANsoN, CHAs. E. INGERsoLL 

